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Chapter 14

"Don't worry, Lou, we'll be right there," Amy said calmly to her sister.

"Okay, please hurry, I'm scared Amy!" her sister cried into the phone. Amy hung up the phone and turned to Ty.

"Lou's gone into labor and Scott's not there," Amy told him.

"Okay, let's go." Ty said, taking out his keys. They both got into the truck, Ty backed down Chestnut Hill's drive sped out onto the highway.

An hour later

Amy and Ty drove up Heartland's drive, Amy jumped out before the truck came to a stop. She ran into the house in search of her sister. The kitchen was completely empty. Lou wasn't there. Then she heard a small voice come from the living room.

"Amy?"

Amy rushed into the living room, to find her sister sitting in the armchair, breathing heavy and her face was wet with sweat. Amy walked over to her and knelt down in front of her.

"How are you feeling?" Amy asked her.

"Not that good, this baby's coming...fast. Owwwww," Lou breathed as another contraction hit. Just then Ty came into the room.

"How is she?" Ty asked Amy.

"Not good, we have to get her to the hospital now," Amy told him. Ty nodded. Amy turned back to her sister, "Lou, can you walk?"

Lou tried to get up, then collasped back into the leather. "No," she said.

"I got an idea," Ty said, with that he walked over to Lou and picked her up and started walking to the door. Amy was about to follow them when she realized she should try and get a hold of Scott. She pulled out her cell phone and punched in the vet's number, but all she got was his voicemail.

"Hey, this is Scott. I'm not available right now, so leave a message and I'll get back to you,"

Amy sighed and left a message, "Hi Scott, it's Amy. Where are you? Lou's gone into labor, Ty and I are taking her to the hospital. Call me back or just come to the hospital. Okay? okay, bye." After she'd hung up, slid her phone back into her pocket, and ran outside where Ty had already gotten Lou in his truck. She hurried over and climbed in.

"I left a message on Scott's cell," Amy said as Ty started backing down the drive.

"Where...is...he?" Lou asked breathing through yet another contraction.

"I don't know Lou, I don't know," Amy whispered looking out the window.

At the hospital

Once they arrived, Lou's doctor, Dr. Leverwitz, was waiting for them. He immediately brought them into a delivery room and assessed Lou's condition.

"Okay, Lou you about 6 centimeters dilated," Dr. Leverwitz said. "I'll come back and check on you in a little while, okay?" Lou nodded through her pain. The doctor left.

"Do you want me to get you something?" Amy asked her.

"Yeah, my husband," Lou said, forcing a laugh.

"I'll try and get ahold of him," Ty replied taking his cell phone out and walking out of the room.

"You know this isn't how it was supposed to happen," Lou said after he had left.

Amy looked at her curiously.

"Scott was supposed to be with me," Lou explained.

Amy took her sister's hand and said, "If it helps, I'm here."

"Thanks Amy, I don't think I'll be able to do this with out you." Lou smiled at her sister. Just then Ty came back into the room.

"Did you get ahold of him?" Lou asked immediately.

"Yeah, he's on his way," Ty said.

"Thank god," Lou replied, putting her head back against the pillows.

It's time!

"Okay, your fully dilated the baby should be coming any minute now," Dr. Leverwitz said. He looked at Amy. "Are you going to stay?" Amy looked at Lou. (A/N:Scott hasn't arrived yet, okay.)

Lou nodded.

"I guess," The doctor nodded and turned back to his patient.

"Okay, here it comes," he said. Amy took one look at it and almost gagged. She turned to Lou.

"Maybe I should..." she started, starting to get up.

"No, Amy, don't go, I don't want to do this alone," Lou begged and the gasped when another contraction gripped her. Amy reluctantly sat back down.

A minute later, the door to the delivery opened and Scott came in.

"Yes," Amy breathed. She got up and walked over to him. "You're up daddy," With that she walked out of the room to where Ty sat on the bench, head in hands, outside the room. She went over to him and sat next to him.

"Scott just arrived, it shouldn't be much longer," Amy told him. He just nodded. They sat in silence for a minute, until Ty broke it.

"I'm sorry, Amy, but I can't do this," Ty said looking up at her.

Amy scooted closer to him and took his hand and whispered, "It's okay, I'm scared too."

"No, it's not okay, I can't get do this!" Ty said sternly, with that he got up and walked off. Amy stared after him. She sat in there in silence for a few minutes, until the door to the delivery room opened and Scott came out. Amy looked up.

"It's a boy," Scott said proudly.

"That's great!" Amy replied, getting up and hugging her brother-in-law. After they pulled apart, Scott led Amy into the room. Lou was sitting up in the bed holding a baby wrapped in a blue blanket.

Ty's POV

Ty walked through the hospital, passed nurses carrying patient charts, doctors wheeling patients into exam rooms, until he got to where he wanted to be. The nursery. He stopped and stared into the window. About a dozen babies lay in small rows of cradles. He would never say, but he was having second thought about the baby. He thought he was fine with it, until he witnessed firsthand what labor was all about. Now he wasn't so sure how he felt.

Suddenly, nurse came carry a newborn wrapped in a pink blanket. He stared at the baby as the nurse placed her in an empty crib. Ty sighed, turned around and leaned against the window. He knew he had hurt Amy by just leaving and he knew what he had to do. Even though he wasn't he could do this, he had to be there for Amy. So with another sigh he started walking back to the delivery room.

Amy's POV

"He's so cute, Lou," Amy said looking down at the little boy. "What his name?"

Scott and Lou looked at each first and then Lou said, "Jack,"

"That's nice," Amy replied. "Hey Jack," The baby looked up at her with his chocolate brown eyes and then he smiled up at her. Just then the door opened. Everybody looked up and there stood Ty.

Ty looked over at Amy to where she sat in the chair next to the bed and holding the baby. He walked over to her.

Amy smiled up at him, "Isn't he cute?" Ty just nodded. Suddenly, Jack started crying and waving his arms. Lou reached for him and Amy reluctantly handed him over. While the new parents fussed over their baby, Amy looked over at Ty and took his hand.

"Someday that's going to be us," Amy said.

Ty just nodded again, not trusting himself to speak, and kept staring at the new baby.

How was it? I hope everybody liked. I'll have the next chapter up soon, I promise!